Performing Arts

New director announced for APAM’s Victorian leg
Respected arts leader and executive producer Catherine Jones has been appointed Director of the Australian Performing Arts Market, which relocates…

Makeup, lighting, and the misrepresentation of skin colour on stage and screen
A short documentary by filmmaker, Vonne Patiag, explores the experiences of actors of colour and how they feel about their…

Applause: latest funding and awards announced
SAM reveals shortlisted artists for 2018 Indigenous Ceramic Award, Works on Paper Prize winners celebrated, artists announced for MCA's Primavera…

Review: Prehistoric, Meat Market
Elbow Room's Prehistoric is a stand-out piece of theatre.

Shit arts administrators say
A snarky account is generating glee in the Twitterverse.

Every artist is an entrepreneur: How studying business helps
ArtsHub asks a creative entrepreneur how a business degree has helped his career.

When the pen is mightier than the casting couch
Gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, shape, ability – everything that defines a character can be dictated by the playwright. It's time…

Review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, QPAC
Hannaford excels as Carole King. She’s energised, mournful, ecstatic, introverted, forgiving and gutsy.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New executives at QLD Symphony Orchestra, Multicultural Arts VIC and Australian Festival of Chamber Music, plus changes at ATYP, Pantera,…

Review: Melancholia, Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre’s Melancholia is an ambitious adaptation of Lars Von Trier’s 2011 film of the same name.